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SAYINGS 

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN 



PUBLISHED AND COPYi^IGHT 1908 
BY M. T. SHEAHAN 
BOSTON. MASS. 






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iligence 

From a lecture 

yvritten. by 

^Abraham Lincoln 

out July 1st J650 

The leadiRg rule for the man 
of every calling, is diligence. 
Leave nothing for tomorrow 
which can be done todf^ Never 
let your correspondence fall 
behind. \Vhatever piece of bus 
iness you have in hand.before 
stopping, do all the labor per 
taining to it which can be done 



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Lincoln's 
Ambition 



From an j 
Address 
March 9, 1832 




Eveiy man is said to have 
his peculiar ambition. Wheth 
er it be hue or not. I can s^ 
for one. that I have no other 
so great, as that of bemg 
truly esteemed of my fel- 
low men. ]yf rendering nry 
self worthy of their esteem 



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I feel that I 
cannot \succeed 
without ihe Divine 
ble6 «ing , and on ihe 
Almi^htyBein^I 
place my reliance 
for support. 



Abraham Lincoln 



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LJie when I may- 
I want it said of me hy 
those who know me best 
that I alway's plucked a 
thistle and planted a 
flower, where I thought 
a flower would grow. 



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